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August 25, 2026
Former Senior NIAID Official Pleads Guil...

Greenbelt, Maryland – A former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) employee pled guilty in federal court, today, to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and the Federal Records Act in connection with communications about coronavirus research grants. 

David M. Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States. Morens served as a senior advisor in NIAID’s Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022.

August 25, 2026
STHS Announces Daisy, Sunflower Awards

The St. Tammany Health System Nursing Department announced the second-quarter 2026 winners of its Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing as well as winners of the quarter’s Sunflower Award, for demonstrated support of the nursing mission.

This quarter’s Daisy winners are:

         -Claire Gulledge, RN (New Family Center);

         -Tiffany Hunt, RN (Pediatric Emergency Department);

         -Elizabeth Wong, RN (Adult Health).

 

This quarter’s Sunflower winners are:

         -Certified Nursing Assistant Courtney Boiter;

August 18, 2026
HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — August 13, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine,” a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the provision of sex-rejecting procedures for minors.

August 18, 2026
A Medical Travesty:  Trumps Vaccine Exec...

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August 18, 2026
Ochsner Transplant Institute Performs 10...

The Ochsner Transplant Institute has performed its 10,000th organ transplant, becoming the first and only transplant center in Louisiana to reach this milestone. Ochsner ranks among the top 40 of 350 transplant centers in the country based on the number of organ transplants performed. 

The  surgery took place Aug. 9, 2026, at Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans. A liver transplant was performed by John Seal, MD, in coordination with a  team of physicians, nurses, and support specialists.